Washington Roeblinghttp://www.americanheritage.com/taxonomy/term/34955/all
enWhen They Built The Big Bridgehttp://www.americanheritage.com/content/when-they-built-big-bridge
<div class="field field-type-text field-field-deck">
<div class="field-items">
<div class="field-item odd">
<p><span class='deck'> John Roebling lost his life and his son lost his health, but after sixteen years the incredible Brooklyn Bridge was finished</span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-art-contributor">
<div class="field-items">
<div class="field-item odd">
<a href="/users/frances-williams-browin">Frances Williams Browin</a> </div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-issue-nid">
<div class="field-items">
<div class="field-item odd">
<a href="/content/october-1956">October 1956</a> </div>
</div>
</div>
<p><span class="body">People living in Brooklyn in the 1870’s were able to boast that their home town was the third largest, fastest growing city in the United States, but they had one major daily headache—getting to work in New York. For, they were dependent upon the terries; and the ferries, delightful though they could be, were in turn dependent upon the weather, fee, log, and wind played merry hob with their schedules, and exasperated commuters talked longingly of the time when completion of the Fast River Bridge would bring their troubles to an end.</span></p><div class="img-block">&nbsp;</div><p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-featured">
<div class="field-items">
<div class="field-item odd">
Featured Article </div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a href="http://www.americanheritage.com/content/when-they-built-big-bridge" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.americanheritage.com/content/when-they-built-big-bridge#commentsBrooklynBrooklyn BridgeEast RiverJohn RoeblingLong IslandManhattanNew York CitySuspension BridgesWashington RoeblingThu, 20 Jan 2011 14:16:09 +0000Frances Williams Browin50840 at http://www.americanheritage.com